08-25-2014, 07:32 PM
Hey Sharlene!
I was the one that stayed there and did not have a good experience. Others here have visited and/or stayed and loved it (the owners were there looking after them during their stay). I won't say that the guest house itself was bad, it was a great place. The neighborhood was sketchy, felt very unsafe, the tension in the area was, well, tense. I felt VERY unsafe in the neighborhood. In after dark and make sure you're locked in your house. I remember a man banging on the gates to the veranda one night about midnight, no one but us were home. We stayed hidden inside until he left.
I've done some FB stalking and pieced together a few things and this is only my opinion but, it sounds like this might not have been an accident. I read some posts saying that they got what they deserved. They were always complaining about the loud music and now they/she will have learned to keep her mouth shut. I don't know if this is just local people talking trash or if they really mean it but I wouldn't mess around in that part...or any part in JA, being a foreigner.
I feel sad that this happened. I feel sad if this was indeed an act of retribution. I keep thinking...people were inside! They are lucky they escaped! Seriously, you are LOCKED IN THE HOUSE! If you couldn't find your keys in time, you're burnt up or dead of smoke inhalation. I read that it was ruled a lighting strike but my gut tells me different and who's gonna say otherwise? Scary stuff!!
I was the one that stayed there and did not have a good experience. Others here have visited and/or stayed and loved it (the owners were there looking after them during their stay). I won't say that the guest house itself was bad, it was a great place. The neighborhood was sketchy, felt very unsafe, the tension in the area was, well, tense. I felt VERY unsafe in the neighborhood. In after dark and make sure you're locked in your house. I remember a man banging on the gates to the veranda one night about midnight, no one but us were home. We stayed hidden inside until he left.
I've done some FB stalking and pieced together a few things and this is only my opinion but, it sounds like this might not have been an accident. I read some posts saying that they got what they deserved. They were always complaining about the loud music and now they/she will have learned to keep her mouth shut. I don't know if this is just local people talking trash or if they really mean it but I wouldn't mess around in that part...or any part in JA, being a foreigner.
I feel sad that this happened. I feel sad if this was indeed an act of retribution. I keep thinking...people were inside! They are lucky they escaped! Seriously, you are LOCKED IN THE HOUSE! If you couldn't find your keys in time, you're burnt up or dead of smoke inhalation. I read that it was ruled a lighting strike but my gut tells me different and who's gonna say otherwise? Scary stuff!!